Dallas Regional Chamber Annual Meeting
Jan 26th
The Dallas Regional Chamber’s Annual Meeting will review 2011 accomplishments, unveil a video montage interviewing national, local and global executives on why they moved to Dallas, and launch its new mobile website on Thursday, January 26 at the Fairmont Hotel (1717 N. Akard Street, Dallas). The event, held from noon–1 p.m. in the Regency Ballroom, will also announce new board members. More >
Dallas Cowboys Should Switch to 4-3 Defense
Jan 25th
The Dallas Cowboys may just have to make a change. This team hasn’t been able to get the job done on defense for the past two seasons and why should anyone believe Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will actually bring in quality help this time? He might bring in some “new faces” like he always says, but the Cowboys just need to face the facts and switch to a 4-3 defense. When you think about it, it makes a ton of sense.
The Cowboys were extremely thin at defensive end last offseason and that didn’t change before the start of the 2011 season. Jones may have signed former Cowboy Kenyon Coleman, but Dallas didn’t add any talent or depth at the position.
Hearse used after JFK slain in Dallas
Jan 24th
A white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy’s body following his assassination in Dallas has sold at auction for $160,000. The Cadillac carried the bronze casket containing JFK’s body on the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963, from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Dallas Love Field Airport, from where the body was flown to Washington.
The Dallas Morning News (http://dallasne.ws/yFgyFz ) says Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline, accompanied the casket in the hearse wearing her blood-spattered pink Chanel suit.
Juror jailed over online research
Jan 23rd
A former university lecturer who carried out online research about a criminal defendant while serving as a juror has been jailed for six months. Theodora Dallas, 34, who taught psychology at the University of Bedfordshire, was found guilty of contempt of court by three high court judges, including Lord Judge, the lord chief justice. More >
Dallas Mavericks 94, Utah Jazz 91
Jan 20th
Not much has gone right for the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericksthis week. Thursday night, their luck changed. More >
Woman, 65, arrested for carrying gun
Jan 19th
A 65-year-old woman was arrested this morning at the Dallas airport after police said she passed through security with a .38-caliber revolver in her purse and boarded a Houston-bound American Airlines flight, according to news reports.
Transportation Security Administration officials alerted airport police about 6:20 a.m. CT (7:20 a.m. ET) that a passenger had passed through the Gate 26 checkpoint in Terminal D without undergoing a “secondary screening,” the airport said in a news release.
DFW pastor and wife spend day in bed
Jan 17th
The Rev. Ed Young has sex on the brain. At 6 a.m. Friday, Young, the flamboyant pastor of Grapevine’s Fellowship Church, and his wife, Lisa, hopped in bed together on the roof of their church to talk about sex. Their sex-talk-athon was scheduled to end at 6 a.m. today.
The goal of the 24-hour “bed-in” was to point to the importance of frequent sex in happy, long-lasting marriages. It also drew attention to their new book, Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse.
Dallas Cowboys QB Jon Kitna Retires
Jan 13th
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Jon Kitna informed the team on Thursday he will retire. Kitna was placed on injured reserve on Dec. 14 from a sore back that began plaguing him during training camp and never healed. Kitna, whose contract expires at the end of the season, has not released a statement. More >
FC Dallas Pre-Season Schedule Released
Jan 12th
The pre-season is almost finally upon us. FC Dallas released their pre-season schedule today and it includes two trips away from Frisco. We knew FCD would be competing in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, but interestingly Dallas will be traveling down to Cancun for a week-long stay with Mexican first division side Atlante FC.
It all begins on Sunday and Monday as players report for pre-season entrance physicals then begin training Tuesday the 17th. Dallas will spend two weeks in Frisco before heading to Mexico, then spend two more weeks before going down to Orlando. In those two week spans, expect Dallas to take on SMU, Memphis and possibly one or two other local teams.
FC Dallas looking at defenders with lone draft pick
Jan 10th
Heading into Thursday’s MLS SuperDraft, head coach Schellas Hyndman admits that a few holes remain on the FC Dallas roster. The problem is, he’s only got one pick. After trading their second-round selection to Kansas City for goalkeeper Kevin Hartman before the 2010 season, the club’s lone selection this year will be the 11th overall pick. More >
